SOP Software

One of the hassles of printed SOPs is trying to find the most recent version. This usually means looking through every different version you can find to locate the one with the latest revision date. With SOP software, only the most recent revision is available.

While an up-to-date SOP is important, so is seeing changes that an SOP has undergone, who authorized those changes, and why those changes were made. It’s rare to find a paper-based or hybrid system that offers this information, but SOP software provides that level of traceability.

Keeping track of revised or new SOPs and making sure that the correct people sign them is a fulltime job without an SOP software solution. With automation, documents are routed for approval and escalated if not approved in a timely manner.

SOPs do not exist in a vacuum. Once they have been approved, they need to be distributed to employees for quality training purposes. An ideal SOP management solution should automatically initiate training and monitor whether it has been completed.